For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE. Any matter that is designated as hazardous or dangerous by any local, state, or federal law.
OPEN BURNING.
(1) The burning of materials wherein products of combustion are emitted directly into the ambient air without passing through a stack or chimney from an enclosed chamber.
(2) OPEN BURNING does not include road flares, smudgepots, and similar devices associated with safety, or occupational uses typically considered open flames, recreational fires, or use of portable outdoor fireplaces.
(3) For the purpose of this definition, a chamber shall be regarded as enclosed when, during the time combustion occurs, any apertures, ducts, stacks, flues, or chimney necessary to provide combustion air and permit the escape of exhaust gas are open.
PORTABLE OUTDOOR FIREPLACE (FIRE PITS). A portable, outdoor, solid fuel-burning appliance that may be constructed of steel, concrete, clay, or other noncombustible material. A PORTABLE OUTDOOR FIREPLACE may be open in design, or may be equipped with a small hearth opening and a short chimney or chimney opening in the top.
RECREATIONAL FIRE. An outdoor fire burning materials other than rubbish where the fuel being burned is not contained in an incinerator, outdoor fireplace, portable outdoor fireplace, barbeque grill, or barbeque pit, and has a total fuel area of three feet or less in diameter, and two feet or less in height, for pleasure, religious, ceremonial, cooking, warmth, or similar purposes.
STRUCTURE. Anything constructed or erected with a fixed location on the ground or attached by something having a fixed location on the ground, including, without limitation: buildings; walls; fences; billboards; and poster panels.
(Ord. 6-5-1.1, passed 8-11-2014)